TSSDR Holiday Giveaway #1 – Win Crucial M500 240GB, 480 and 1TB SSDs

CONTEST CLOSED WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE. CONGRATULATIONS to the winners: 1TB – K. Todd(USA); 480GB – J. Spinner (Canada); 240GB – E. Lemus Rodriguez (Spain). Don’t forget there is still time to get in on the other draws on TSSDR and Technology X.

It’s the start of a great day when we can post news of free stuff during the holiday’s and today is just that! Our friends at Crucial have been so generous as to team up with The SSD Review for a three prize giveaway, this consisting of 240, 480 and 1TB Crucial M500 SSDs. This is great news, especially when so many are still just considering SSD migration. much less hoping for a SSD of the 1TB capacity!

If you are new to SSDs, the Crucial name is one of the most respected in the business and their SSDs have a reputation for immediate and sustained performance, value and endurance. Our review of the M500 displayed performance of 535MB/s read, 453MB/s write with over 84K IOPS and the M500 stands to be our 2nd highest result in PCMark Vantage testing to date with a Total Score of over 76000 points. To add to this (just in case you don’t win this contest) Crucial M500 SSDs are unquestionably the most value driven upper tier SSD you can find as our Amazon link demonstrates.

AWARD

Three random draws will occur with this giveaway. The third prize winner will be awarded a Crucial M500 240GB SSD, the second prize winner will receive a Crucial M500 480GB SSD and the Grand Prize winner will receive a Crucial M500 1TB SSD. Regardless of number of chances entered, each person can only be awarded one of the three prizes.

ELIGIBILITY

This is a global giveaway, eligible to those 18 years of age and older at the time of entry. Residents of the Province of Quebec are not eligible and Canadian residents must complete a skill testing question to be awarded the prize should they be selected. Commercial enterprises and business entities, employed members of Essentially Tech Media Corporation (excluding volunteer Forum Moderators), as well as their immediate family members, are not eligible. Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Rules and The SSD Review’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters relating to a Promotion.

ENTRY PERIOD

This giveaway is valid from 11:00 am on 12 December 2013 and closes at 1:00 pm 18 December 2013. Three contest entries will be randomly drawn and the people listed on those ballots contacted within 7 days. They have 36 hours to respond before their entry disqualified and another drawn. Only after all eligibility criteria is confirmed and applicable rules are complied to, will the winner be confirmed by The SSD Review. The winner will be named in this contest thread within 14 days of the contest close.

HOW TO ENTER – (EARN 3 ADDITIONAL ENTRIES BELOW)

To enter the contest, one must post a comment below and then click on the Crucial logo just above this print. Complete the e-mail by identifying the contest in the subject line and providing your real name, e-mail address, age and country of residence. The SSD Review is not responsible for e-mail that is not received as it was blocked through SPAM control mechanisms as the sender’s IP is listed within a SPAM control database. If you’re entry is returned, it is you’re responsibility to ensure it reaches our e-mail at Contests@thessdreview.com to be eligible. There is absolutely NO NECESSITY to complete any of the additional chances to win.

ADDITIONAL CHANCES TO WIN

In addition to the MANDATORY first entry rule above, a person may increase their opportunity by doing one or more of the following:

If you complete any of the additional ballot entries, it is necessary that you e-mail proof of EACH additional entry (separate e-mails), with the contest identified in the subject line, to:Contests@thessdreview.com. Be sure to include the link or a screen shot as verification. If you have earned all four chances, you would have submitted four separate e-mails and this to keep drawing purposes very easy as the folded e-mails are simply being drawn from a box.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

SHIPPING AND RECEIPT – Shipping fees and insurance are the responsibility of the contest winner and they will be afforded the opportunity to arrange their own shipping, with insurance, prior to transport. If no alternate shipping and insurance is identified, the item will be shipped from Crucial and a tracking number provided. Item loss during shipping is not the responsibility of Crucial or The SSD Review.

LIMITS OF ENTRY – Ballot opportunities may be increased through participation. Only one ballot entry may be made for each ballot method identified and more than one ballot in any of the identified methods WILL result in the person’s disqualification from this giveaway. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other means that permits an entrant to automatically enter repeatedly or in excess of the entry limitations is prohibited.

PRIZES – Winning a gift, prize, or other promotional item (a “Prize”) in a Promotion is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements in these Rules. Winners will be selected in a random drawing of eligible entries received post Promotion Period. The SSD Review will notify Prize winners using the contact information provided in the winning entry. Failure to claim a Prize by the time or in the manner specified in the particular Promotion will invalidate any claim to the Prize. Prizes are not transferable. The odds of winning a Prize or the Grand Prize depend on the number of entries received by The SSD Review. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SSD REVIEW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIZES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

For this Promotion, 3 entries will be selected and the e-mail on each entry notified within 7 days and, only after all rules and regulations have been verified, they will receive a 1TB Crucial M500 1TB SSD (Grand Prize), Crucial M500 480GB SSD (2nd Prize) or a Crucial M500 240GB SSD (3rd prize). Prizes may not be substituted for cash. Prize winners will be solely responsible for all applicable taxes, fees, and surcharges associated with receipt and/or use of their prizes. After the prize winners have been validated and notified and has complied with all applicable Rules, The SSD Review will post the their name on this website.

PUBLICITY – The winner of a Promotion agrees to allow The SSD Review to use his or her name, photograph, likeness, voice, prize information, and biographical information for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation where permitted by law.

GENERAL TERMS – Any failure by an entrant, including any prize winner, to comply with any of the Rules or the Site’s Terms, Conditions and Privacy Information may result in disqualification from the Promotion. All entries, whether they are eligible entries or ineligible entries, are the exclusive property of The SSD Review. The SSD Review is not responsible for any typographical errors in the Rules or in any other communication surrounding a Promotion or for any technical malfunction or error relating to the Promotion. The SSD Review reserves the right to amend or interpret the Rules at any time, upon published notice to participants on its website. Promotion participants agree to release, indemnify, and hold harmless The SSD Review and its directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability regarding the Promotion, including any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) regarding the use or misuse of any Prize, any event beyond The SSD Review’s control resulting in the disruption, cancellation, or postponement of the receipt of the Prize, or any typographical errors or technical malfunctions associated with the Promotion. The SSD Review reserves the right to disqualify any entry that it, in its sole discretion, determines (i) to be in violation of the Rules, (ii) submitted by fraud or by tampering with the entry process, or (iii) contains inaccurate or fraudulent information. ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. IN THE EVENT SUCH AN ATTEMPT OCCURS, THE SSD REVIEW RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

I started removing files from my notebook’s 240GB SSD onto an external HDD, since my DVD data disks from five years ago have started to go completely blank. I even looked into getting a refurbished Crucial SSD this week from Canada Computers, but they didn’t have greater than 240GB. I will never go back to 2.5″ 500GB HDD! HDDs are an extremely limiting performance factor in a PC!

Kishnabe

Comment for this great Contest….I am thepanjr

Harry Chahal

Always in need of a new SSD

BethanyM

I hear SSDs are very reliable and fast. Sounds handy :).

Yong C

Nice prize. Thanks

Kevin Kevins

My computer takes 10 minutes to fully load. I really could use this SSD. 😛

Thanks very much for the giveaway. Will be perfect for my future upgrades.

felix

Back again with your awesome contests!!! Just in time for Santa!!! Thank you !!!!

Gerald Hefty

Thanks for the giveaway!

Dmitriy Sukhanov

GL!

g. leong

thanks

Rick Ulmer

Thanks for the great opportunity to win some goodies!!!!

RUShorty

Thanks for the great opportunity to win some goodies!!!!

Dmitry Meleshko

Thanks for a chance!

Tanveer

Thanks for the Giveaway….

Oswald

Can’t wait to get one of those bad boys to drop in my Dell..

Ivan Ivanov

Epic giveaway as always !

Michael Cee Cheung

Thanks for the contest

Stefce

Thanks!

ICTJustSayin

ready set win

Andrew Moore

Another amazing competition! Thanks for the opportunity!

Luis

Would love the 1tb ssd!

Glenn

Great giveaway

Dan S

Awesome, Entered!

Bob2701

Thanks for the chance to win SSD Review and Crucial.

Jesse Hedditch

Go Crucial!

LordEC911

Would be nice to move my Crucial M4 128gb to my backup rig.

Shtiliyan Djinovski

Awesome, count me in!

CarvedInside

This is awesome! Thanks.

R Lawrence

Good luck

Richard

Woooooop

Kurt Springmann

Whoa, a TB SSD, count me in!

Scott

In.

Amanda

Great prizes! Thanks for the chance.

Chris-BoT

Awesome giveaway!

ThomasBDX

I’m gonna win!

Daberg

thanks!

Mike Raymond

Nice!

John Drescher

I could always use an additional SSD.

Jan

Never had a Crucial SSD in my hand, but would be glad to test one 🙂

grast5150 .

Ready to win

jbartlett323

I want one too!!

K-dogg

It would be nice to win.

Erik Engstrom

I would love a 1TB Crucial SSD!

stefan mihaylov

????? ?????

Kim

Draw my entry!

Bogdan

Thank you for a chance, TSSDR team 🙂

Jason Russell

In it to win it!

Thomas Estes

Thank you for the chance to win!

Mike Oreo Sellers

“Free” SSD!

psoohoo

Cool!

Geir Dahl

Going all the way!

Aaron D

Would be great for my gaming PC.

Doug S

free is good especially around the Holiday season

kevinsbane

OOOoo, this looks interesting…

SwChappell

Free SSD, awesome!

cptnjarhead

Sweet!

Lahcen Ghourabi

I hoop realy that i win these time

Brent R

Free SSD is good SSD

Ellie84

Hope I win this for hubby! 🙂

Kyle

Any of those would get a fantastic upgrade at Christmastime 🙂

Erik Lemus Rodriguez

Good luck for all!!

Steven Stone

Me please!

squigey

count me in

Bull

In it to win it!

Anaerin

Woo! This is awesome, and I would dearly like one!

Alex Bower

count me in as well and good luck to everyone else that has entered.

Norman Hendrickson

Cool stuff, Les!

bao__zhe

Joining!

Jake Newcomer

I want to win

Jerome Garrett

Time to also throw my name into the hat!

SSDFPSDDRCPUICANN

hi and gl all

Jerry

Count me in.

John V. Le

Haven’t been on here in awhile, but entering anyway.

stuertmp

would love an SSD larger than 60gb

Chester Chiu

i’m in.

Tomasu

OH man a 1TB ssd would be sweet!

Jesse

WOW

Elmer Siuda

A SSD would really speed up my game machine and media server!

Jlbiggs

480 please!

durifto77

1TB. ok ok anything.

Robert

Oh pick me so I can put it in my sons laptop 🙂

mcclanahoochie

a new ssd would be nice

RB1701

Pick me!

Grimdari .

Fun for even more days!

submoa

I want =)

LouDDawG

Why not

Kent Bunn

I’d love an upgrade!

Satya

Interesting .. I have been reading your articles for a long time and wondered if you used all the hardware that you have. .. The SSDs are great to have but not justified in some cases where you have a old SATA 1 connector and price point of $500 …. This Giveaway does give an opportunity to get the last ounce of performance from our old rigs at no cost. .Thanks Les.

Calvin Kwan

Pick me!!

El Duderino

I can haz hardware?

Andy Keefe

I want for to be winer of great times prizes fur all of mine computer

DWolvin

Init to winit!

Big B

All I want for Christmas is your SSD.

Grecu Gabriel

You rock. I`d love to win one solid drive. Emails sent.

shiftnumber .

I’m in

BunMan

I just installed one of these for my main system, and so far it works very well. Winning another for my home theater PC would be nice.

foxhound71

This would be nice!

Matt Hager

would be nice to own a ssd

ruggs

hook it up!

Tiago Cartaxo

just entering as a backup in case i don’t win the LSI Nytro i deserve eheh xD

Crucial SSDs are great and I’m not just saying that because I want to win one!

Wabbit

Nothing like a good Crucial SSD to speed up your system!

Marilyn Legault

I need speeding up

Yippykiyaa

Three “Hot Doggies” from Crucial M500 SSD’s

Mirage

Awesome prizes, thanks!

Dealbreaker Jones

Sounds legit.

Saul

Sweet Prices. I hope to get one 🙂

John

Good luck!

Ed Wolvin

Sweet. The SSD is something that will have a big difference in the Pc come Back

Dan Smock

I have 1 ssd but need more storage. This would perfect!

Raven422

Sweet!

Steve Fletcher

Be good to try out an SSD!

Marek Wiacek

Noice!

Thomas Stewart

This would make the new box I’m buying myself for Christmas just that much more awesome!

TS

Would love to win this one!

Chris

PICK ME PICK ME!

Mcraiga

Crucial makes great stuff!

AlleyViper

I’m in!

Ian

Let’s give it a try

Roqinn

Wow! It would be great to have an SSD!

Neptral

Would love to have one in my gaming rig.

Zach B.

Thanks for the giveaway!

Daniel Dejesus

wow

legallink

Comment made. Would love an SSD>

Trey Flinn

*Crosses Fingers*

Jasen_H

Thanks for the chance!

Techjunkie09

Yes

Shawne Beeson

In for one

Shawne Beeson

in for one

Jodiuh

post!

Craka1

thanks for the chance to win, already ordered 240GB from Amazon last week

GeneralChaos13

THANKS Les Tokar !!! for the opportunity to win …. just need Storage as it is im new to SSD world i have 2 SSD one from Crucial M4 i love it so much the other SSD came from AMD Test Drive Kingston V300 60gb just blown away by the performance all i need to do is buy a Pair of SSD for my first SSD Raid0

As I already have a M500-240GB in my machine, getting another one would finally make my wife quiet down (if only for a little bit :p ) if I could put one in her laptop! Thanks for a GREAT prize!

chris trak

Awesome chance, already fell in love with the M4….I want more!

Dylan

Would be a great update to my system.

Knight Templar

Nice.

khangdan1992

Thanks for the chance, I’m in !

Deadeye

Nice, in time for xmas

Amadais

Hope I win!!

Iwan Pompier

nice giveaway!

Earlene Bitterman

Cool I need one.

Trevor Williams

1 TB! OOh

Thaedius

I’m in!

reb00tz

Thanks for the give-away; always great to see that non-US and non-Canadians are not forgotten! 🙂

Doktor Ivsa

Im in!?

Sojourner2

I’m in! Thanks

SSDnoob

Count me in!

eviltimmy

Fingers crossed, thanks guys!

Nanang Sugiarto

I love SSDs, so my pc n thanks for TSSDR about this chance

Andy

just one more SSD to upgrade an older laptop and I’ll be happy 🙂

iliasp

Fingers crossed! lovely!

Josh

Thanks for the great giveaway could really use the boost for my laptop

greggy101

my fingers are crossed so hard they are bleeding :))

Jonathan S

Happy holidays to TSSDR readers! Good luck everyone!

Andrew

Sweet give away can’t wait till the drawing

Josh Lee

That 1TB would go nicely in my new PS4. Fingers crossed

viper

Any one would be a good upgrade from a 120GB SSD.

Krytical

Thanks for this contest! Good luck to everyone!

Guest

Any of the dicks is good for me 🙂

Sargus3

Any of the SSDs is good for me

chaud

Any SSD is best SSD.

Lockerz

Awesome giveaway!

kp

I’d love to win an upgrade!

ugly

Incredible giveaway. Thank you Crucial and The SSD Review for the opportunity. Good luck to all who enter.

Derek Breakwell

sweet hope i win

NSX0091

Let me at it!

Eryth

I totally need one of these.

gwh

gimme dis ting. I need to crush codecs.

PointandClick

Niiicccceee

scotty_sd

This SSD would be great in my new rig!

Suds

I’ve been wanting to upgrade to an SSD.

spoonerweb

I would love to get a 1TB SSD.

Leilani Ann Raranga

Awesome giveaway!! Thanks for the opportunity and good luck to everyone

Ashley

I’d love to win! 🙂

Kevin

An SSD would be the best upgrade, especially since my 250GB 5400rpm Seagate is starting to sound more like an engine than a hard drive.

GrahamKN

I could totally use an upgrade right about now. I’ve got two 128’s that could use some heavy upgrading.

mike

good luck everyone!

Kerwin Poon

This would be great if I can win one of them! Would really like to try the M500 out…

AbrahamZach

Have the old Intel X25M 80GB G2 version, using the Intel 330 120GB on my current rig…the M500 would be a real sweet noticible upgrade!

flispas

This is my dream!

MrMeaty

I need an SSD for my planned rig…this would be better than I could have hoped.

hech

Awesome! More reviews please. 🙂

Bob Mueller

Love to win this, I am currently specing a new rig

Mike Newman

Would love this upgrade in my rig!

Cory Bettencourt

SSD’s are an amazing upgrade for your computer. You might even say they are….Crucial.

Reason0Politics1

SSD’s are the single biggest upgrade you can do.. SSD reviews are a critical element of the purchase experience

David Hulowski

The first time I threw an SSD into my laptop, I was an instant convert. I soooooo hope to fill my house with them. And my shoes. Mwaahahahaha! Thanks again, Les. And Cory Bettencourt… if no one else, I think your pun is worth a chuckle.

John

Would love a new SSD!

locanda

I am planning a build to upgrade to a Pentium 4 XP system, and would dearly love to include an SSD in my budget. Crucial has been a good manufacturer for me for their memory products, for many of the computers I’ve built for folks over the years.

Farooq Mohiuddin

Would love to get my hands on a new SSD!!

Fenwrig

Great giveaway for the holidays

Dan Nixon

Worth a try

John

almost forgot to comment haha

Travelguy2

What a great gift, would love this. Thanks for putting them up.

Valleyview

Good Timing. – ready to upgrade all 4 comp. Chances must better than the Lotto!

abhaxus

I’ll take one!

Jim

Great ! I would like one of these toys !

Cam

Looking to win!

VBO

Dear SSD Review, I have experience with Intel 520 / 530, OCZ Vertex4, Samsung 840 Pro on desktops and Server environment (HP P420i, LSI 9266-8i) and i am very interesting to test it on theses environment.